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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1976-10-27, Page 1BRUSSELS ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1976 ' Serving Brussels and the surrounding community. Published each Wednesday afternoon at Brussels, Ontario by McLean Bros. Publishers, Limited. Evelyn Kennedy - Editor Dave Robb - Advertising Member Canadian Commuriity Newspaper Association and Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association • CNA Subscriptions (in advance) Canada $6.00 a year. Others $8.00 a year, Single Copies 15 cents each. 117141111.1111110 1172 Brussels Post Plowing time again Support your arena If the donors who are c«ivassed next week show `he same enthusiasm that Saturday's walkers did, the new Brussels Morris and Grey arena is much closer to its goal. People of all ages, more than 200 of them, walked for their new arena over the' 10 mile route, and they raised about $8000. They showed that they want the new recreation facility•and that they're willing to put their actions where their Words are. We congratulate the walkers, the organizers of the walkathon and the entire community. Brussels has shown that everybody gets behind a project that is really needed. We hope people will read the brochure on the new arena, inserted with this week's• Post. Look it over, think about it. Weigh the arguments of the new arena committee closely. We think and we hope that you'll d d ecide to give generously when you are asked for your arena onation. Br r rWijw ideiaal the Sea ike sthra the asp d way the coin Bros aske „mitt Thi have if co-op Brus RCM Marti At offic socie $380 'mar dam Mem total' `that Th appli weat for t and Mi Brus $650 year, a bal this Fa • Get involved in YOUR village I think there's something wrong with Bob French's clock. It goes haywire every Sunday. morning. It seems to run okay on Saturday night. That's the time Bob leaves his house, crosses the road and goes up the stairs at St. Peter's Lutheran Church. Then he pulls the rope on the bells -- those bells named Mary and Martha -- and he rings out a peal of bells to announce the end of another week. To proclaim the start of preparations for Sunday worship. MI of us in Brodhagen hear the bells. I check my watch.. You're right on, Bob. It's 6 o'clock. And it's the same way for all his other bell ringing times -- weddings, funerals, evening services. He's dead on. Bob's got a perfect running clock. But why does it always happen on Sunday morning? Just when I step out my door--to ma/d the three minute walk up the hill to church -- .Boh starts ringing the You'd think he could wait until I got half way up the hill. Or inside the church' door. But no, Bob insists on ringing his bells just when I get on my front step. It's awfully embarrassing. Coming into church and meeting the choir in the hallway -- just as they're ready to march. (limn the aisle. Of course, that way you can shake hands and say "Good Morning" to some of the members before church instead of of ter. That's even better than the preacher can manage. And if Bob's clock is really off, then I arrive when everyone's singing the second verse of the first hymn. My wife starts acting up: She insists she wants to sit in the back row arid I whisper we have to go up front. I have to practice what I preach-, don't I? None of this huddling way in the back pews. Go right on • Up frOnt. Be a participant, not an observer. "And let everyone know we're late?"' she gasps. I take a grit grip on her arm and usher her doWn toward a front peW. Mervin Dietz leans over and breathes, "I guess you'll have to Set your alarm a little earlier." • He smiles and I smile, but it's not all smiles„.I ye had an algrrri systeili going since 10:30 that morning. "We're going, to be on time this morning," my wife announces. You've got to understand, Bob, your off-clock timing is turning my mild mannered wife into a shrew. "Everyone on the double," she declares. Ten minutes later she yells, "Countdown—you now have exactly 15 minut es to go." I start to take her seriously. Shave. Get my sox. Tie. The shoes need a polish. The coat a brushing off. "Ten minutes." Brush my teeth. Comb my hair. Try to find that book I can't lay my hand on. "None of that," she warns, "Get ready". Shedohor.as her coat on and she's standing at the "Five minutes." Boy, wouldn't a cup of coffee taste good right now? Been up since seven. And I've got to stay awake. Can't insult the preacher with droopy eyelids. And with me sitting right up front and all. Ip,Tuwt "Two minutes." kettle on. Only take a minute. , Why doesn't that kettle boil? What we need in this house is an electric kettle. "One minute'. I'm not making this cup of hot coffee for nothing! I'm drinking it. All it needs is a little cold water to cool it down. I need: TNh ios reallyRf fe e ea xhcups t Plenty h oe ti s tphoo eft . rtTohnha dies,:i'smjsuhysetws ay says so. So do my two ticking gingerbread kitchen clocks.They may not be decide, bBtot i they keep p With hd Bob's Pbeerfllesc. t time with b "I'm going," she says I put the empty cup in the sink. Check the lightS, The stove. The water taps Everything's off. Ready. I'M coming , Wife. I'm cornitigf Bob. And then you do it, Bob. You ring those bells and I've just, touched the first step on my front porch' Bob, fOr heaven's sake, will you get your watch. fixed: SO you can get me to the church On tithe? .Amen by Karl Schuessler Bobs French's clock It's your election Are you running for council in the December 6 municipal elections? If you are like those who are already on council*, you're still undecided. But time is getting short. There is little more than a week now until the Brussels ratepayers' meeting on November .10 when most councillors say they'll announce their plans.. Nominations close on November 15. We hope that many who have not yet been involved with local goverrfment in Brussels wil consider making a run for council or the PUC this year. There are many talented people in our village who could add to the contribution that many veterans have made over the years. Are you one of those who is unhappy with decisions of the present council? Or do you think they've done a fine job but you'd like to give some of them a break by shouldering the burden of municipal office for awhile. Whether you fit either of these categories, or lie somewhere in between, Brussels needs your contribution. Think seriously about the type of leadership Brussels should have. . What would you like to see in our village in the future? Even if you don't feel you can run for council, and it is certainly a heavy job, attend the ratepayers' meeting and give your support to those who are running. Brussels is only as strong as its local gaovernment. And good local government benefit's from a lively and interesting election campaign. Be at the ratepayers' meeting in the library November 10 to give it a good start.